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| That 4X100 relay tonight has to go down as one of the all-time great moments...man, what a race. |
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Originally Posted by Michael_K_Sr
That 4X100 relay tonight has to go down as one of the all-time great moments...man, what a race.
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Originally Posted by Craig S
. And so the dream stays alive for Phelps as well. Amazing to think that by the end of the week he will likely have left the current record for career gold medals (9) far behind.
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| The flyover shots of Chinese landmarks at the beginning of tonight's broadcast were stunning! |
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Originally Posted by Michael_K_Sr
That 4X100 relay tonight has to go down as one of the all-time great moments...man, what a race.
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Originally Posted by DaveF
I happened to catch that last night! How exciting! I've not seen any pre-event coverage: were the French talking smack about the Americans before the race?
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Originally Posted by DaveF
I've not seen any pre-event coverage: were the French talking smack about the Americans before the race?
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Originally Posted by Holadem
Aaargh I was missed the relay, tuned in at the end with for the celebration. Dammit, I hear it was some epic stuff.
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Originally Posted by Holadem
Aaargh I was missed the relay, tuned in at the end with for the celebration. Dammit, I hear it was some epic stuff.
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Originally Posted by CameronJ
Anyone else a bit perplexed by the HD picture quality on both NBC and Universal?
Best way I can describe what I'm seeing is "choppy" - doesn't seem like 30 fps. Add a decent amount of pixelization and its a bit hard to watch. Switching back and forth to SD NBC and I'm not seeing the issue with the choppy frame rates. I'm noticing this on a couple of TVs in the house - so not a problem with an individual set. |
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Another cat? Perhaps. For love there is also a season; its seeds must be resown. But a family cat is not replaceable like a wornout coat or a set of tires. Each new kitten becomes its own cat, and none is repeated. I am four cats old, measuring out my life in friends that...
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Originally Posted by Michael_K_Sr
That 4X100 relay tonight has to go down as one of the all-time great moments...man, what a race.
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| The 2012 Olympics will be held in London - I don't expect it will be quite as spectacular but, on the other hand, not so many people will have their houses bulldozed and there will still be plenty of stray cats and dogs around! |
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Originally Posted by andrew markworthy
Just to give you the perspective from another country - your 'race of all time' got barely a mention in our coverage. We all think the 'race of all time' was the sensational winning of the gold in the women's 400m freestyle.
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That's as it should be. They were both great races and it is completely understandble that the women's got the pub in the UK. Based on what I've read though, the men's race was something extraordinary regardless of country, but that is easy to say from here. We definitely get a bit USA-centric. In my house, we were also pretty fired up about Dale Oen taking the silver in the 100m breaststroke (my wife's dad is Norwegian) and it was cool to see Abhinav Bindra win India's first ever individual medal.
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Originally Posted by andrew markworthy
Just to give you the perspective from another country - your 'race of all time' got barely a mention in our coverage. We all think the 'race of all time' was the sensational winning of the gold in the women's 400m freestyle.
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